Module 1 Travel 阅读理解（含解析）外研版九年级下册英语题型专项集训

Module 1 Travel 阅读理解（含解析）外研版九年级下册英语题型专项集训 To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams. Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually very generous and have given them food, wine and day trips. Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is a photographer—Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers. With these ways of making money, travelling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dreams come true. 1．The best word to describe the way of realizing the travel dream is _____. A．special B．creative C．rich D．adventurous 2．It is known from the passage that Laura and Tanbay paid for their trips by _____. A．staying in the house for free B．being given food and day drinks C．going to Australia and other countries D．looking after pets for rich house owners 3．According to the passage, Taylor is a photographer who shares her photos _____. A．on the Internet B．before her travel C．with hundreds of followers D．during staying in hotels 4．What does the underlined word “generous” mean in Chinese A．吝啬的 B．友善的 C．慷慨的 D．冷漠的 Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life, Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries. In the early 1970s, Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Wheeler and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London, through Asia, to Australia. During the trip, they visited places like India, Iran, and Afghanistan. When Wheeler and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book tells people about different countries’ weather, customs (风俗), and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s, Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go to. He also wrote about unusual things to see and to do. The book was very popular. Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The compa ... ...